diff --git a/eigen/lodpot.f90 b/eigen/lodpot.f90
index 7caa860c6b94336f332aa348218bf445fe7bcaed..7af390d450cdcb87e01e14b146c31c100282a8e4 100644
--- a/eigen/lodpot.f90
+++ b/eigen/lodpot.f90
@@ -502,6 +502,9 @@ CONTAINS
                 ENDIF
              ENDIF
              evac(ivac,jsp) = enpara%evac0(ivac,jsp) + vz0
+             IF (input%l_inpXML) THEN
+                evac(ivac,jsp) = vz(vacuum%nmz,ivac,jsp) + enpara%evac0(ivac,jsp)
+             END IF
              attributes = ''
              WRITE(attributes(1),'(i0)') ivac
              WRITE(attributes(2),'(i0)') jsp
diff --git a/init/inpeig.f90 b/init/inpeig.f90
index 3f6749d7e5356165ec2bc4286a4972976788b9b0..5d8d3e67d5fa52eb7ad6472c3adb0f0ab6f1810a 100644
--- a/init/inpeig.f90
+++ b/init/inpeig.f90
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
      &                    atoms,input,jsp,enpara)
            ENDDO !dimension%jspd
          CLOSE (40)
-      ELSE
+      ELSE IF (.NOT.input%l_inpXML) THEN
          WRITE(6,*) "No enpara file found, using default values"
          enpara%el0(0,:,1)=-999999.0
          DO n = 1, atoms%ntype
diff --git a/io/r_inpXML.F90 b/io/r_inpXML.F90
index c04f1f73cae9c291ae4344469e4cf9edae16aa07..2793b49796c759651cbaafb2af13dd67e4051538 100644
--- a/io/r_inpXML.F90
+++ b/io/r_inpXML.F90
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ SUBROUTINE r_inpXML(&
          vacuum%dvac = cell%z1
          a3(3) = dtild
          enpara%evac0 = eVac0Default_const
-         xPathB = TRIM(ADJUSTL(xPathA))//'vacuumEnergyParameters'
+         xPathB = TRIM(ADJUSTL(xPathA))//'/vacuumEnergyParameters'
          numberNodes = xmlGetNumberOfNodes(xPathB)
          IF(numberNodes.GE.1) THEN
             DO i = 1, numberNodes